C. J. Chamberlain, Botany Authority
Chicago U. Professor Emeritus, Who Was Known for Plant Cell Research, Dies
Special to The New York Times.
Chicago, Jan. 5—Charles J. Chamberlain, Professor Emeritus of Botany at the University of Chicago, died today in his home here. He was 79 years old [and was an 1883 graduate of OHS].
Dr. Chamberlain was best known for his work on plant-cell structure and on cycads, a "fossil" fern species which is said to have grown unchanged for 200,000,000 years. He made the university collection of the species the finest in the world.
He was a member of the university faculty from 1897 until 1929, when he retired.
Dr. Chamberlain's first wife, Mary Life Chamberlain, died in 1929 [1931]. He leaves a widow, the former Martha Lathrop, whom he married in 1938, and a daughter of the first marriage, Mrs. Mabel Allsopp.
The New York Times, New York, N.Y., Wednesday, January 6, 1943, p. 27.
Chicago U. Professor Emeritus, Who Was Known for Plant Cell Research, Dies
Special to The New York Times.
Chicago, Jan. 5—Charles J. Chamberlain, Professor Emeritus of Botany at the University of Chicago, died today in his home here. He was 79 years old [and was an 1883 graduate of OHS].
Dr. Chamberlain was best known for his work on plant-cell structure and on cycads, a "fossil" fern species which is said to have grown unchanged for 200,000,000 years. He made the university collection of the species the finest in the world.
He was a member of the university faculty from 1897 until 1929, when he retired.
Dr. Chamberlain's first wife, Mary Life Chamberlain, died in 1929 [1931]. He leaves a widow, the former Martha Lathrop, whom he married in 1938, and a daughter of the first marriage, Mrs. Mabel Allsopp.
The New York Times, New York, N.Y., Wednesday, January 6, 1943, p. 27.
C. J. Chamberlain, Botany Authority
Chicago U. Professor Emeritus, Who Was Known for Plant Cell Research, Dies
Special to The New York Times.
Chicago, Jan. 5—Charles J. Chamberlain, Professor Emeritus of Botany at the University of Chicago, died today in his home here. He was 79 years old [and was an 1883 graduate of OHS].
Dr. Chamberlain was best known for his work on plant-cell structure and on cycads, a "fossil" fern species which is said to have grown unchanged for 200,000,000 years. He made the university collection of the species the finest in the world.
He was a member of the university faculty from 1897 until 1929, when he retired.
Dr. Chamberlain's first wife, Mary Life Chamberlain, died in 1929 [1931]. He leaves a widow, the former Martha Lathrop, whom he married in 1938, and a daughter of the first marriage, Mrs. Mabel Allsopp.
The New York Times, New York, N.Y., Wednesday, January 6, 1943, p. 27.
Chicago U. Professor Emeritus, Who Was Known for Plant Cell Research, Dies
Special to The New York Times.
Chicago, Jan. 5—Charles J. Chamberlain, Professor Emeritus of Botany at the University of Chicago, died today in his home here. He was 79 years old [and was an 1883 graduate of OHS].
Dr. Chamberlain was best known for his work on plant-cell structure and on cycads, a "fossil" fern species which is said to have grown unchanged for 200,000,000 years. He made the university collection of the species the finest in the world.
He was a member of the university faculty from 1897 until 1929, when he retired.
Dr. Chamberlain's first wife, Mary Life Chamberlain, died in 1929 [1931]. He leaves a widow, the former Martha Lathrop, whom he married in 1938, and a daughter of the first marriage, Mrs. Mabel Allsopp.
The New York Times, New York, N.Y., Wednesday, January 6, 1943, p. 27.
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